Senior Backend Engineer - Identity & Real-Time Systems

LiveRamp; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

LiveRamp is seeking an experienced software engineer to help build and scale AI-forward advertising technology. You will own distributed real-time Go APIs serving external partners and contribute to cross-team data flows with modern streaming platforms like Redpanda.

The role requires 5+ years deploying high-performance production code, 2+ years shipping MVPs, and a track record of designing large-scale systems. Mentoring and collaboration across teams are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years of professional experience deploying high-performance production code.
• 2+ years of experience building and launching MVPs quickly and scaling products to high volumes.
• Strong track record of designing and building maintainable, large-scale systems.
• Ability to navigate complex problem spaces and translate business challenges into technical solutions.
• Experience mentoring and promoting engineering best practices within a team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to building and scaling the next-generation, AI-forward advertising technology stack.
• Own several distributed real-time APIs and applications written in Go that service external partners.
• Help develop robust cross-team data flows using modern streaming platforms like Redpanda.
• Continuously improve the reliability, performance, and maintainability of core production systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable architecture and distributed systems.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Mentoring

High-performance code

MVPs

Data streaming

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Kubernetes

Redpanda

SingleStore

Terraform

GCP

Job description

LiveRamp is shaping the future of responsible data collaboration between the world’s leading brands, retailers, financial services providers, and healthcare innovators. As consumers embrace new AI-driven experiences, the LiveRamp data collaboration network exponentially expands the breadth and accuracy of the data on which marketing AI capabilities operate, powering deeper customer insight and measurable performance on a global scale. LiveRamp is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with offices worldwide. Learn more at LiveRamp.com.

We on the Pixel Serving team are part of the Identity Engineering teams at LiveRamp. We are LiveRamp’s gateway for all real-time data workflows ranging from single digit milliseconds to under 150ms depending on the business use case. We strive to keep the internet open and privacy safe.

Your team and tech stack:

• Our team builds and owns the entire stack, giving us full visibility into the business problems we solve. We follow Scrum methodology.

• Primary Languages: Golang (main), Java and Python (partially).

• Core Technologies: Kubernetes, Redpanda, SingleStore, Terraform.

• Cloud Ecosystem: Deep usage of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services including BigTable, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, DataProc and Data Transfer solutions.

You will:

• Contribute to building and scaling the next-generation, AI-forward advertising technology stack.

• Own several distributed real time APIs and applications, written in Go, that service external partners

• Help Develop robust cross-team data flows using modern streaming platforms like Redpanda.

• Continuously improve the reliability, performance, and maintainability of core production systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or a related discipline.

About you:

• 5+ years of professional experience deploying high-performance production code.

• 2+ years of relevant experience building and launching Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) quickly, to scaling existing products to high volumes, and managing complex, high-reliability distributed systems

• Strong track record of designing and building maintainable, large-scale systems.

• You are comfortable navigating complex, unfamiliar and unclear problem spaces and platforms.

• You enjoy translating business challenges into effective technical solutions.

• You thrive on mentoring and promoting engineering best practices within a team environment.
  

Bonus Points:

• Experience working on 0-to-1 (new product launch) initiatives.

• Hands-on Experience scaling 1-to-N (large-scale growth) distributed systems.

• Experience with designing and implementing interfaces and infrastructure for high-volume services and APIs.

• Familiarity with the AdTech ecosystem.

The approximate annual base compensation range is $130,000 to $196,500. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, geography, as well as internal equity among our team.

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